I thought what it would be like to say goodbye to you without the Corona, how many would salute you • A separate ACA head from legendary volunteer Hanita Attias Kidder, who passed away
Hanita Atias Kedar, "Every crazy idea and need you asked - it was hard to refuse"
Parked,
Through the window and a few meters away, without the usual hug from you, the usual kiss, the warm words that everyone was worried about in the IDF, I visited you on Friday, three weeks ago, Saturday evening and a few meters away we waved the other to one and even got a kiss by hand and said goodbye .
The regular meetings in the IDF units, the places most loved with the fighters, the special Seder nights with the IDF soldiers in Kiryat Shmona and many conversations in which you were interested in how everyone is doing. "Tell me, how does our chief of staff feel? Did you see him today? Give him a hug from her spear and I wait for him. "That is a constant concern, a constant concern that your sons, IDF soldiers and their commanders, feel good. That they have everything. They are always looking to visit the IDF.
We used to meet at your home on Kibbutz Maagan on Saturday evening. A regular ceremony. Afternoon on Friday. A small seaside kibbutz with a garden full of flowers, orange jam from the small refrigerator and a regular conversation about today's affairs - our day affairs were the IDF and the Sea of Galilee.
This morning I thought, what would a goodbye look like without the corona? Some IDF was there. Soldiers and commanders, senior and retired, all colors of beret. Real salute. Salute to a wonderful generation who did not stop for a moment to maintain the Zionist enterprise. Alit in Israel, living a difficult life, struggling with daily difficulties and settling in the Jordan Valley and in "spare time" You've volunteered at the Soldier's Association, along with thousands of civilians in our state, who are doing everything to make them good.
Free time is long hours of doing and giving without pay, without bills, real giving which is a great privilege. All you asked for was that the IDF be happy. So simple. You felt that doing for the IDF soldiers in the north is your humble part in the love of the homeland that you loved, your joy of life and energies pushed us all to always tell you yes. For every crazy idea and every need you asked for, you couldn't refuse.
Rest in peace. Thank you for all the many years for the IDF soldiers, thank you for caring for all of us and thank you for our meetings.
A regular topic in our many conversations was the state of the Sea of Galilee and in recent years we both worried. You are separated from us on the days when we are 12 cm away from the full Kinneret. The water is almost in the grass of the kibbutz. Like once parked. Another task has been completed.
The writer is the head of the IDF Personnel Division